Leukocyte-targeted myocardial contrast echocardiography can assess the degree of acute allograft rejection in a rat cardiac transplantation model.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D003287:Contrast Media; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D045423:Microbubbles; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D051381:Rats; D011914:Rats, Inbred BN; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic
D003287:Contrast Media; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine